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Fitted Furniture Solutions is a company that provides consulting services for the design, costing, procurement and installation of fitted office furniture, mainly to the public sector. Based in Accrington, Lancashire, they have over fifty years of experience in providing refurbishment and new build projects for schools, colleges and academies throughout the UK. With all that … Read more

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The post-Christmas period is always the acid test for consumer confidence in the economy, and the brief festive lull also gives a breather to business leaders to sit back and gather their thoughts for the coming year. If it’s any consolation, after all that doom and gloom mongering in the run-up to Christmas, we did … Read more

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Gym 28 is a new-start business in Astley, Manchester. It has recently been developed by a husband, wife and son partnership that wanted top of the range equipment to be the basis of their member facilities. They approached Johnson Reed for gym kit finance in the form of a 36-month loan because they knew that … Read more

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We all know that there’s nothing so nice as messing about on the river. On the River Ouse in Naburn, near York, Phil Bleakley has been messing about for some time, and a great success he’s made of it too. Naburn is the location of the York Marina, a development that he and his family … Read more

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There’s no doubt that high-end Apple computers rule the waves in many areas of commerce, especially in the advertising business. An expanding ad agency in Blackpool, WRT Group, came to Johnson Reed for some IT finance for leasing a new suite of Apple iMacs, Apple iPad2s and associated operating software to help achieve their ambitious … Read more

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“Outstanding views of the Beacons – the sight of the sun setting on Pen-y-fan was breathtaking.” “The Old Ford Inn is a great place to stay.” “A fabulous cosy pub.” These are just a handful of favourable comments from Trip Advisor about the Old Ford Inn at Llanhamlach in Brecon, Powys. But it might not … Read more

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When the recession started battering Neil Battye’s building business, he decided the time had come to start battering fish instead – particularly as his wife Jo and their respective families had past experience in running fish and chip shops and catering establishments across the country. There’s a secret family recipe for their batter as well, … Read more

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We don’t know what Derren Richardson puts on his passport as his profession. Chippie, or chippy owner? He used to work in a fish and chip shop, then became a joiner, and now he’s returned to the business he swore he’d left for good. But this time it’s his own business, and he’s set it … Read more

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When you’re a well-established events catering company, you have to keep your standards high. If you’re based in London amidst the stiffest competition around, you have to be better than the rest. And if you have a client portfolio that includes the BBC, Cath Kidston, Innocent Smoothies, Liberty and Universal Studios you have to be … Read more

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There’s a problem with creatives in the ad agency world. They spend so much time generally being creative and excelling in their art, they can easily forget they have a business to run. They concentrate so much on keeping their clients happy and successful that they forget how to maintain their own profitability. Salvation has … Read more